OROVILLE — Butte County Superior Court Judge Robert Glusman set a jury trial on June 13 for a Paradise man charged with possessing methamphetamine for sale.

During a preliminary hearing on April 13, police officers testified discovering eight-tenths of a gram of meth in the Circlewood Drive residence of Ronald Lee Karkellie, 43.

Officers said the March 24 search also found several pipes for smoking the drug, plastic bags and scales with meth residue.

The officers also testified they intercepted a pair of calls to Karkellie”s phone from men allegedly seeking to purchase small doses.

The value of the discovered drugs was about $80. Public defender Larry Willis had told Glusman during the earlier hearing that there wasn”t enough meth on the property to support his client”s use or for sale.